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‘Stop the Bleed’ nonprofit teaches Ukrainian military life-saving tools

Tuesday, May 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A U.S. nonprofit created after a school shooting is helping troops in Ukraine learn crucial medical care -- and some soldiers on the ground credit the new skill set with saving lives.Stop the Bleed, a nonprofit collaboration from the American College... Read More.

Woman said she went into sepsis before she could get life-saving abortion care in Texas

Monday, May 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A Texas woman said she had to wait until she developed sepsis before physicians could provide her with life-saving abortion care.Texas has several abortion bans in place that prohibit nearly all abortions, except when a mother's life is at risk or... Read More.

Feds say hospitals broke the law by refusing to provide life-saving abortion

Monday, May 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Hospitals in Missouri and Kansas violated federal law last summer when they refused to provide an emergency abortion to a woman who went into premature labor at nearly 18 weeks and risked developing a life-threatening infection, according to initial findings in... Read More.

Nonprofit hits Coachella with lifesaving fentanyl test strips, Narcan

Tuesday, April 25 by ABC News

(INDIO, Calif.) -- At Coachella, a group of independent volunteers handed out fentanyl test strips and carried the overdose treatment Narcan in an effort to curb overdoses related to the deadly synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin.The nonprofit Team Awareness... Read More.

It’s a match: Wife donates lifesaving kidney to ill husband

Friday, April 14 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- One couple found out that they are truly a match -- in more ways than one.After being together for more than 20 years, a husband and wife pair learned they were rare matches as living donors.Dexter Holaday had been living with... Read More.

Traffic stop for suspected drunk driving leads to lifesaving brain surgery for woman

Tuesday, March 7 by ABC News

(MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.) -- What police officers thought was a routine traffic stop turned out to be a blessing in disguise for 58-year-old Tamara Palmer.On Dec. 2, 2022, police officers were called to a highway in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, with reports of a... Read More.

Hero officers perform lifesaving care on infant with RSV

Thursday, November 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Two quick-thinking Kansas City, Missouri, police officers are being hailed as heroes after they sprang into action and saved a newborn baby's life.Officers Richard DuChaine and Charles Owen responded to a call Thursday about a baby who was not breathing, according... Read More.

“GMA” marks 10 years since Robin Roberts’ lifesaving bone marrow transplant

Wednesday, September 21 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Robin Roberts is no stranger to facing adversity. She received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2007 and then a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow, five years later. Thankfully, her sister Sally-Ann was... Read More.

Doctors refusing potentially life-saving abortion treatment over legal fears, Indiana doctor says

Wednesday, August 24 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Indiana’s new abortion law will go into effect on Sept. 15, which would ban abortion in nearly all cases with limited exceptions including rape and incest.Indiana was the first state to pass new legislation restricting reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade... Read More.

Dad with rare cancer fights to get lifesaving treatment

Tuesday, July 19 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A New York man is determined not to give up when it comes to fighting the rare disease he's been living with the last two years.Anthony Di Laura first noticed something was unusual back in the summer of 2020."I was having... Read More.

Stories tagged with: lifesaving

‘Stop the Bleed’ nonprofit teaches Ukrainian military life-saving tools

Woman said she went into sepsis before she could get life-saving abortion care in Texas

Feds say hospitals broke the law by refusing to provide life-saving abortion

Nonprofit hits Coachella with lifesaving fentanyl test strips, Narcan

It’s a match: Wife donates lifesaving kidney to ill husband

Traffic stop for suspected drunk driving leads to lifesaving brain surgery for woman

Hero officers perform lifesaving care on infant with RSV

“GMA” marks 10 years since Robin Roberts’ lifesaving bone marrow transplant

Doctors refusing potentially life-saving abortion treatment over legal fears, Indiana doctor says

Dad with rare cancer fights to get lifesaving treatment

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